[Glenn]

I don't even own 6 pairs of shoes.

When I was young and dirt poor, I would get one pair of cheap shoes in September that had to last me until the next June. By then, they were usually held together with black, sticky electrical tape. My dream was to have one pair of shoes for every day of the week.

I can go three weeks without wearing the same pair twice. Some of those pairs are 15 years old. (Tip - black wingtips never go out of style.)

Some dreams do come true.

[Graybeard58]

It’s your money, more power to you, I don’t condemn you for it.

I buy new shoes just before I think my wife is at the point where she’s going to go out and buy them for me.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

(Tip - black wingtips never go out of style.)... I agree.

[mamelukesabre]

Where do you find wingtips these days? I own a pair. Mine are florshiems imperials. Amber in color. I’ve resoled them 3 times I think. Leather soles, rubber heels. I’ve had them since 1991. I got them from a guy that died and so he didn’t need them anymore. I’ve no idea how old they are, but they do not wear out.

My dad is in his 70s and has an old black pair with steel toes that he’s had since the early sixties. He doesn’t wear them much anymore though. He needs softer shoes in his old age.

They are infinitely repairable provided you have a good cobbler. They are hard to find nowdays though. The cobbler that is. The shoes are too for that matter.

[Myrddin]

I'm happy with New Balance 998s. I'm on my 3rd pair. Two additional pairs await in the box. I get about 4 years of daily use out of them. At that point, I "retire" them for use as "yard work" shoes. My 10EE flat feet are perfectly happy in that style of shoe for daily wear. I have another pair of nice leather "dress" shoes. They are only worn for church or days when I must wear a suit for my business activities. They should last another 15 years. I only have about 12 years in them at this point.